Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned on Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone deb

Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned on Friday in a scandal over political favours, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone cr

Frankfurt airport, Europe's third busiest hub, on Thursday warned passengers of severe delays and cancellations as workers on the airport tarmac prepared to stage a walkout over pay.

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German Formula One driver Adrian Sutil apologised to a Luxembourg businessman at the start of his assault trial on Monday for wounding him with a champagne glass but said he had not meant to hurt him.

Standard & Poor's carried out a mass downgrade of euro zone countries on Friday, stripping France and Austria of their top-grade AAA ratings in a move that may complicate efforts to solve a two-year o

The new year will probably be worse than the last, but Germany, Europe's biggest economy, should be able to withstand it, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview on Monday.

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Fresh activity near a dormant 'super volcano' in Germany has left experts worried about a possible eruption.

Britain's Daily Mail wrote the eruption from the 'monster' underneath Laacher See lake nea

France and Germany called Monday for Europe's leaders to agree on strict rules for fiscal discipline at their summit this week, as S&P threatened sweeping ratings downgrades if they fail to act to end

Officials in Germany's western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War II era bomb discovered in the Rhine river.

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A rail convoy taking radioactive waste from a French reprocessing centre to storage in northern Germany, completed the rail stage of its journey on Monday, media reported.

The train, arrived at Danne